SE Ind. restaurant owners ordered held on high bond

Owners of some southeast Indiana restaurants are being held on high bond after their arrests last month.

Indiana Excise Police and local officers raided several restaurants in three counties on Sept. 24, resulting in more than 40 arrests and more than 60 others sought by authorities.

The raids occurred following an 18-month investigation into corrupt business influence, Social Security fraud, and money laundering.

WSCH-FM said Adolfo Lopez, 43, of Greendale has been ordered a $3 million surety and $250,000 cash bond. Abel Bustos, 50, of Lafayette, Indiana, is held on $1 million surety and $50,000 cash. Bond for Maria Visoso, 26, of Lawrenceburg, is $500,000 surety and $50,000 cash.

A fourth owner, Benito Lopez, 49, of Batesville, is still at large.

Many of the Acapulco’s employees arrested remain in jail with holds placed on them by immigration authorities.

Investigators allege that much of the restaurants cash sales were not being properly documented, and thus the sales tax was not being sent to the Indiana Department of Revenue.